Galley mechanism for typographical line casting machines



March 27, 1934. w. F. GORSE ET AL 1,952,797

GALLEY MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL LINE CASTING MACHINES Filed May 24, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet l March 27, 1934. w. F. GORSE Er AL 1,952,797

GALLEY MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL LINE CASTING MACHINES Filed May 24. 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 lweniom March 27, 1934 w R GORSE r AL 1,952,797

GALL EY MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL LINE CASTING MACHINES Filed May 24, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 50 al form of the improved galley mechanism,

Patented Mar. 27, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GALLEY MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL LINE CASTING MACHINES Application May 24, 1933, Serial No. 672,728

In Great Britain May 23, 1932 9 Claims.

This invention relates to the galley mechanism of typographical composing and casting machines, such as those known commercially under the trade-mark Linotype, wherein the slugs on ejection from the mould are received by a chute which conducts them endwise to the galley to be there assembled side by side under the action of a pusher adapted to engage the successive slugs as they pass on to the galley.

More particularly the invention relates to machines which are adapted to cast type bearing slugs with grooves or ribs, or both grooves and ribs, formed in or on their side faces, whereby said slugs can be readily secured in the chases or holders of machines in which they are to be used for printing.

Such slugs are usually cast of approximately T-section which, when assembled, must be supported in the galley on the vertical web of the T,

with their type characters uppermost on the horizontal web thereof. As such slugs have, consequently, a tendency to cant on the galley, the usual mechanisms employed for' assembling parallel sided slugs are unsuitable for use there- T with.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved form of galley mechanism enabling such T-shaped slugs to be satisfactorily assembled and handled after assembling.

To this end the invention contemplates the provision of a special slug carrier formed with a series of containers for the individual slugs, "wherein the slugs are supported by the engagement of their vertical webs with the walls of the T containers and means for bringing such containers successively into line with the delivery chute for the reception of the slugs therefrom, such means being controlled by a periodically operated member of the machine.

The invention further includes the provision of guide rails in the chute with which the side walls of the successive containers are brought into register for the reception of the slugs passing by gravity down the chute.

The invention is hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate different constructional forms thereof. In the said drawings:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one constructionthe slug carrier being represented in section;

Figure 2 is an elevation as viewed in the direc-- tion of the arrow A in Figure l, with parts broken away; i

Figure 3 is a plan vie of a portion of the galley shelf and slug carrier, as viewed in the direction of the arrow B in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a side elevation similar to Figure 1, partly in section on the line 44 of Figure 6, showing an alternative constructional form of the improved galley mechanism;

Figure 5 is a front elevation of part of the slug-carrier operating mechanism according to the said alternative constructional form, the galley itself being broken away, and

Figure 6 is a plan view of a portion of the galley represented in Figure 4.

In the several figures of the drawings the relevant parts of the machine frame are represented diagrammatically in dot-and-dash lines, 1 indicating the so-called vice frame by which the galley mechanism is carried, and 2 the first elevator which is reciprocated vertically in the vice frame to carry the composed line of matrices to and. from the casting position.

Referring first to the constructional form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings, the usual galley shelf 3, supported on a bracket 4 secured to the vice frame 1, is utilized as a support for the slug carrier, and for this purpose the said shelf is provided at its righthand end with an extension 5, turned downwardly to avoid interference with the keyboard of the machine, which is located to the right of the galley.

In this constructional form, the slug carrier is formed as a chain conveyor, each link 6 of which. is constituted by a trough like receptacle open at its rear end and closed at its front end as by an angle plate '7. The end links of the carrier are preferably secured to rigid members 61) provided with handles 8, whereby the carrier may be lifted off the shelf 3, the lateral mutual engagement of the links 6 serving to prevent the collapsing of the conveyor when it is so lifted.

Each link 6 is formed on its underside with a groove or recess 9 adapted to be engaged by detents forming part of the carrier control mechanism next to be described. On the underside of the galley shelf 3 there are secured, to blocks 10, leaf springs 11 which carry at their righthand ends detents 12 extending through openings 13 in the galley shelf and standing normally in engagement with a recess 9 in one of the links 6 and against the right-hand edge of the next preceding link 6 to hold the latter in the slug-receiving position. The movement of successive links 6 to the slug-receiving position is effected by the reciprocation of a block 14 slidably mounted between the bracket 4 and the shelf 3, with the aid of a spring latch 15 carried by the said block,

which latch in the present instance has two projections normally extending through the openings 13 in the shelf 3, and held by springs 16 in engagement with the groove 9 in the link 6 immediately to the right of that in which are engaged the detents 12.

The block 14 has a leftwardly extending yoke 17 with which is engaged one end of a rocking arm 18 the other end of which is secured to a short shaft 19 carried in a bracket 20 secured to the vice frame 1. The shaft 19 hasalso secured to it a depending arm 21 carrying a roller 22 which is held by a spring 23 acting between the arm 18 and the bracket 4, in a position to be engaged by a cam 24 secured to the first elevator 2. In the normal position of rest the arm 18 is held by the spring 23 against a--stop 25 adjustable in a lug 26 on the bracket 20.

The slug-delivery chute 28, into which the slugs pass in known manner on ejection from the mould,'is provided at its lower inclined portion with a pair of rails :z'i-forming a channel for guiding the T shaped slugs by their vertical webs during theirpassage down the chute into the'galley.

At the commencement of operations the slug carrier is placed on the galley shelf 3, with its :first or left-most link 6 in the slug-receiving position, that is to say, with the side walls 6 of the receptacle constituting that link in line-with the rails 27xof the chute 28. The carrier is retained in this position, with the'remaining links 6 supported on thedepending rightward extension 5 of the galley shelf 3, by the engagement-of the detents 12 in therecess 9of the second link 6, while the projections 15 of the spring latch 15 are held in engagement with the recess 9 of the :third link6. In this position the rails 27 and the side walls 6 of the first carrier-link6 form a continuous channel along which the slug passes -by gravity until it isstopped, after passing beyond therails 27, against the plate 7 at the front end of thelink 6. Aslug thus delivered to the receptacle of the first link 6 is shown at 29 in Figure 2. On the-descent of the first-elevator 2 preparatory'to the castingof the next slug, the cam 24,-a-cting on the roller 22, rocks the arms 21, 18 anticlockwise (as viewed in Figure 2), thus feeding the slug carrier leftward to bringthe second link 6-into the slug-receiving position, where it is retained by the spring detents 12. When the firstelevator next ascends the latch 15 is returned to itsnormal position by the spring 23. It is to be noted that thedetents l2 andlatch members 15 are bevelled to permit the yielding of the detents and latch during the leftward movement of the slug carrier and the rightward movement of the block 14 respectively. By these means the slug carrier is .fed leftward step-by-step as each slug isproduced. When the carrier is 'full it may be removed from the shelf 3 by the handles 8 as above described, and an empty carrier placed "on the shelf in proper position for receiving a slug in the receptacle of its first link.

In the alternative constructional form of the "invention illustrated in "Figures '4, 5 and 6, the

slug-carrier is in the form of a disc 30, rotatable -in'the plane of the inclined floor of the slugdelivery chute 28, and formed with grooves or channels 31 within'whic'h the vertical webs of the T-shaped slugs are received as they are de- :livered from the chute.

In the arrangement illustrated, referring particularly to Figure 4, the slug-carrier disc is supported on a circular platform'32 secured to 8,

bracket 33 extending forwardly from the vice frame 1, the said platform being formed with an upstanding rim 34 having a gap 35 in line with the delivery end of the chute 28. For convenience of construction the lower part of the disc 30 is constituted by a separate plate 30 which serves as the'floor of the slug-carrier grooves 31, but to simplify the description said disc is hereinafter referred to as a single member designated by the reference numeral 30.

The disc 30 is secured to a spindle 36, which rotates in a bearing 37 formed on the bracket 33, by means of a flanged sleeve 38 which is keyed to the spindle 36 and secured by its flange to a central boss on the disc 30 placed over a corresponding boss on the platform 32 within which the sleeve 38 is located. The spindle 36 extends through the bearing 37 and carries at its lower end a ratchet wheel 39 forming part of the means by which the disc 30 is rotated step-by-step to bring the slug-containers 31 successively into register with the chute 28. This step by-step rotation is effected, as in the before described arrangement, by a cam 40 in the first elevator 2, which cam, in the present instance, is arranged to actuate an arm 41. The arm 41 carries a roller 42 adapted to be engaged by the cam and is fast on a short'shaft 43 rocking in a bearing on-the bracket 33, which shaft also has fast to it a second arm 44 connected by a link 45 to an arm 46' mounted to rock on a stud 47 in the bracket 33,

and carrying a pawl 48 engaging the ratchet wheel 39. The arm 44 is normally held against an adjustable stop 49 on the bracket 33, bya spring 50 acting between the arm 41 and the vice frame 2.

The slug-carrier grooves or receptacles 31'may be arranged radially of the disc 30, but itis preferred, in order to provide for the accommodation of the'maximum'number of receptacles on a disc-of the-maximum diameter which can'be conveniently used without interfering-with other organs of the machine, to arrange them, as shown,

-of theslug-carriers and the means for operating same without departing from the invention";

Having described our invention, we declare that what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In galley mechanism for typographical linecasting machines, the combination of a chute through which successively cast slugs are delivered, a'slug carrier formed with a plurality'of containers each adapted to accommodate one slug and automatic means adapted to move the carrier to bring thecontainers successively'into register with the delivery end-of the chute.

2. In galley mechanism for typographical linecasting machines, the combination of a slug-delivery chute comprising -a channel adapted to guide the vertical web of a slug with an overhanging type carrying portion, a slug-carrier formed with a plurality of receptacles each adapted to accommodate such vertical web, and automatic means adapted to move the carrier after each'casting operation to bring the receptacles successively into register with the channel of the delivery chute.

3. In galley mechanism for typographical linecasting machines, the combination of a slug-delivery chute comprising a channel adapted to guide the vertical web of a slug with an overhanging type carrying portion, a slug-carrier formed with a plurality of receptacles each adapted to accommodate such vertical web, and means actuated by a periodically operated organ of the machine, adapted to move the carrier automatically after each casting operation to bring the receptacles successively into register with the channel of the delivery chute.

4. In galley mechanism for typographical linecasting machines, the combination of a slugdelivery chute comprising a channel adapted to accommodate the vertical web of a slug with an overhanging type carrying portion, a chain conveyor each link of which is formed as a troughlike receptacle adapted to accommodate such vertical web, a support for said conveyor, and means actuated by a periodically operated organ of the machine adapted to move the conveyor along the support to bring the receptacles successively into register with the channel of the delivery chute.

5. In galley mechanism for typographical linecasting machines, the combination of a slugdelivery chute comprising a channel adapted to accommodate the vertical web of a slug with an overhanging type carrying portion, a chain conveyor each link of which is formed as a troughlike receptacle adapted to accommodate such vertical Web, a rack associated with the conveyor, 21. support for the conveyor, a spring latch adapted to engage the rack and reciprocable longitudinally of the support, and means actuated by a periodically operated organ of the machine adapted to reciprocate the latch for imparting an intermittent feeding movement to the conveyor along the support.

6. In galley mechanism for typographical linecasting machines, the combination of a slugdelivery chute comprising a channel adapted to accommodate the vertical web. of a slug with an overhanging type carrying portion, a disc rotatable in the plane of the floor of the delivery end of the chute and formed with a plurality of channels each adapted to accommodate the vertical web of said slug, and means actuated by a periodically operated organ of the machine adapted to impart intermittent angular movement to the disc to bring its channels successively into register with the channel of the delivery chute.

7. In galley mechanism for typographical linecasting machines, the combination of a slug-delivery chute comprising a channel adapted to accommodate the vertical web of a slug with an overhanging type carrying portion, a disc rotatable in the plane of the floor of the delivery end of the chute and formed with a plurality of channels each adapted to accommodate the vertical web of said slug, a ratchet wheel operatively fast to the disc and a pawl intermittently actuated by a periodically operated organ of the machine to turn the ratchet wheel for bringing the discchannels successively into register with the channel of the delivery chute.

8. In galley mechanism for typographical linecasting machines, the combination of a slug-delivery chute comprising a channel adapted to accommodate the vertical web of a slug with an overhanging type carrying portion, a disc rotatable in the plane of the floor of the delivery end of the chute and formed with a plurality of channels tangential to the centre of the disc.

9. In a slug casting machine, the combination of a chute through which successively cast slugs are delivered, a slug carrier formed with a plurality of containers each adapted to accommodate one slug, and means actuated after each slug casting operation for moving the carrier to bring its containers successively into register with the delivery end of the chute.

WILLIAM FAIRALL GORSE. RICHARD HENRY SCOTT. 

